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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
o. p. HEBERT,
Parish Surveyor and CivilEngineer
MADISON PARISH, LA.

WILL attend to running and re-
w tracing old lines, dividing up
lands and establishing perm anent cor
ners to all tracts surveyed. Will make
neat and accurate plans, with process
verbal of surveys, on durable paper.
p lantation maps, with details of roads,
bitches, etc.
Ali orders left at the MADISON TIMES
o flee, Tallulah, La, will be promptly
attended to. sept. D, 1885. Tyr.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08

Frank Russell, colored, the hero
of the Madison trunk mystery, was
convicted of murder without capt.
tai punishment, and sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-08
YOUNG WIT.

ONG Il FLOYD.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20
Three times Hanged.

Human justice is Il inockery. It makes terrible mistakes, and nev- CT makes reparaiion. Perhaps we have not, as m shakespcare's day, lean, lank and hungry. judges, preiudiced jurors and ..periurcd witnesses. The penitcn,iaries of every state contain innocent. men, and in some instances the wrong men have suffered death on the galiows. V HC kJ iiH# C 4 Y
 A remarkable case in point is reported from England About two years ago maiden lady of considerable wealth was murder. ed and robbed in her summer res. idence. Her man servant. q man named Lee, was suspected, arrest. ed, convicted on circumstancial evidence, and sentenced to hang.
 Three efforts were made to hang Lee, and each time the rope br okc The hangman was horrified, and the other officials shared his reluc. .tance to proceed with tue bnsi- ness. When the facts were re. ported to Home Secretary, Lees sentence was quietly committed to imprisonment for life.
 Now for the climax. Recently a woman who was Lees fellow ser. want confessed on her dying bed that she killed her mistress. She declared that Lee had no connec- ton with the affair, and stated facts strongly confrmatory of her confessions 't .H#at
 It is some satisfaction to know that the government at once or ldered the release of the man who had so narrowly escaped and in. famous death and now proposes to offer him pecuniary compcn- sation for his injuries. But there can be no adequate compensation. There is no remedy no repa,atiWI for sncha frightiitl wrong.
 When men engage in the alulin- is'ratiOn of justice they should do it with fear and trembling. At best human justice is fearmlly i'm. perfect. .-Ex.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20

The other day lady and gen tleman were accidentally over heard as they were repeating the same old story, that was aged when the earth itself was young, and pledging the same old vows of mutual love and sfidsiity. 'flle gentleman had evident ay been married before, aud was eager to impress his companion with the idea that ise " ould make another voyage on the troublesome ocean of matriInoliy with d heart that had lost none of its capacity for loving, even Enough the first Ob- ject of it's devotion had been ta- taken stway;4so when his oompan- ion naively looked up and put the questions; "George dear, should a wi,lower mourn very long for his wife!", ''Only for a second came that startling and cold blooded re. sponse. Elk. -
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20

What hurts woman hurts the race. rf
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20

Down in Maine a young man kissed a deacOn's daughter. The deacon prosecuted him in court for it. and while all hauds were at tending the trial his saw mill took fire and burned down. The young man was fined one dollar and the deacon lost his saw mill. The daughter says It served them both inst right. She is strictly impar- tial.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20
Our New Navy.

! Ht i 1 It takes a democratic policy to
 make and maintain a navy. When President Arthnr's administration
 vas drawing to d, close, fhe Uni f ted States navy had run down tc such q humiliatihg condition that even Republican papers deridedi it
 as a collection pOf worthless old ,lubs, and the Republican liatiOna
 convention was under ,l,c nec cessi. lty of passihg..a resolution demand.
 ing the restoration of our navy to its old-time strength and efficien.
 cy, that it may, in any sea, pro tect the rights of American citi. zens and the interests of Ameri.
 can commerce.. And this pitia- ble condition had been reached through twenty.fOur years of un. obstructed Republican, policy, and after nearly s4OO, ,OOO, 900 had been exhausted on war ships. All this money had been sqandered and there was little to show for it. not a siugle first-rate war ship, nor single modern gun. .. .tr.g
 But a marked change began as soon as d Democratic almnistra. tion came into power. That ad- ininistratiOn set about complying with the popular demand for d larger and more efficient navy, and although only two and d halfyears have elapsed, the work is we'll un. der way and in such a gratifying condition that by the time Presi- dent ClevelandS present term of
 office expires, we shall have com. pleteu and on the eve of compile. tion, twenty steel war ships, well built, light, fleet and strong, all armed with modern breech-lOad. ing ritled steel guns. These guns
 will be of American make, and tlic new foundries that produce them
 will be capable of turning out all the first-class ordnance we shall have occasion for in arming forts and ships, even in time of war. In the navy will be two 6,OO0-tOn ar
 mored battle-Ships with a speed of sixteen knots ar hour--onc carry. jug 12-inch steel breeci,-lOatlers, the other 1O-inch guns of the same style, together with an outfit of Gatling aud Nordenfeidt pieces. Six Ofthe new cruisers will be up- plated, built with regard to speed and rapid manoeuvering and fight ing. They are the Baltimore, the Newark and Charleston, having a capacity of about 1000 tons each, and d speed of eight cen to nine. teen knots an hour; the ,Chicae o, I 4,JOO tons, and the Boston and At. lanta, ], 900 tons each, and with a speed of fifteen knots an hour. There will be tuurfnew gun boats, three of themr ], 700 tons each, and a speed of sixteen knots. and the Fourth S7O tons and speed of thirteen knots; two torpedo boats, one having running rate oftweh. ty-twO knots an hour, the other twenty-five; a pneumatic dyna. mite ship armed with three dyna- mite guns and capable of making twenty knots an hour; and the ar- mored ships Puritan, MinadnOck, MiantonOmah, Amphltrite, Ter TOT.
 - When these vessels shall have been completed, armed and put in service, we will have the begin ming of d navy that we need not be ashamed of.-St. Louis Repub- lican. #-.. 4
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20
A Great Profession.

An old fellow entered law. yer's office and exc,te,lly exclaim ed: Hook here, Colonel. l un- derstand you have been employed by Wilkins to bring SUI, against mel" "i,l- fHA4 .'a.a.# H.e
 Yes. Sir "4 "I. But Colonel, Wilkins accuses me of dishonesty.' . .# What of il! Why, last year you defended me against just such a charge M.s. ..,.
 Yes, remember.' at
 'Of course you do. You said during the trial that you had nev- CT met more honest man, and swOre that could not be guilty of a dishonest actiOn.'
 Yes, believe 1 dld.' ...
 T know you did sir. Did you know what l am going to do?' 7 'Whatf
 f I have got the witnesses, sir, and am going to prove in open court that you said it. Then what will you dor ...
 Acknowledge that said il, of course
 Then the jury will decide iu my favor.'
 I think not
 Can't help it.
 Oh, yes, l will tell the court how much faith had in you last year, that would indeed have staked my all on you, and that l was never more painfully shocked in my life than when, the other day, l received convincing proof of yonr rascality. My dear sir the lawyer continued, I am every day more aud more impressed with the brOadness and extensive com. prehension of the legal profession. Don't be in d hurry. Always glad to see you and will gladly serve you at any time
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS

--------------- - = c. P. Smoote. I. c. McRae. J. Il. Arnold
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20
SUMMERS HOUSE.

Cor, x Front and Walnut Sts.. HOPE ARK Tables supplied at all times with the best cdiblcs the market affords, CleaI neat and comfortable beds. Terms reasonable.
 ro-Special attention given to conner cial men.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20

Persian women are said to be good house-wives. They give per sonal supervision and care to all the work and supplies, no matter how many servants they may em- plOy.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20
Trust him little who priases all

Trust him little who priases all; him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent 10 all. In fact, don't trust anybody if you can get ready money Shoe and Leather Report. CT.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-10-20

One way to abolish poverty is to deposit money in the savings bank instead of the saloon. N. !. World.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04

en- to show that the danger to be apprehended
from a cultured proletariat is much more
formidable than any to be feared from an
ignorant proletariat. It appears that the
number of university students in Germany,
which, twenty years ago, was IL, 400, had
risen to 1890 ten years ago, and is now
28, 900; during the last five years the number
of students has increased twenty-six per
cent, while the increase of population was
only five per cent It is shown by undoubted
statistics that all the professions and trades
which demand special training are becoming
greatly overcrowded, and that large and
constantly increasing number of men who, at
the sacrifice of not few of the best years of
their life and considerable expense, have
acquired classical education, and have given
evidence of ability, are forced to wait for
years before they can obtain suitable posi-
tions. The inevitable consequence Of this
state of things, says Conrad, is a growing
discomfort among these classes, often stimu
lated by the pressure of actual need and
lamentable disinclination to form family re-
lations. Another consequence is the frequent
abandonment of the profession for which
man has been trained and the attempt to be-
gin life over again in new calling-a change
involving the loss of years of training.
Many, again, resort to emigration, and thus
Germany loses some of her most promising
sons, while those who remain form ele-
ment of discomfort and are only too ready to
swell the ranks of the socialistic agitators.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
Monday, July A, 1857.
BANK EXAMINATION.

The failure of the Fidelity bank has again
sharply called attention to the necessity of
some reform by which such robberies can be
prevented. And it is announced that Comp
troIlar Trenholm is thoroughly in earnest in
his intention to bring about such reform.
In theZfeport thar will be laid before Con
-gress this winter he will give a detailed his
tory of the Fidelity crash and the causes
that led to it, and will in this connection
renew his recommendations for the appoint
meut of supervising examiners and give his
reasons at length.
The comptroller seems to have definite and
practical ideas concerning the matter. He
wants TO have more frequent examinations
of the condition of the banks made, and to
this end he would have some supervising
examiners appointed. He does not want but
half dozen supervising examiners. Under
the present system bank is examined about
once a year, and should an additional exam
ination be made-say month or two later
the fact of the examiner being there would
at once be known; it would cause gossip and
rumor, and produce embarrassment when
there might be nothing to justify any feeling
of alarm. But, as the Comptroller points
out, with the supervising examiners it would
be different. The commercial community
would understand that the supervising exam
iner was charged with verifying the work of
the district examiner, and his appearance q
week or six months after the district exam
iner's visit could in no way reflect on the
bank, but would simply mean that the in
spector was performing his duties by regular
Iy going over his territory.
1t has been found that men connected with
some of the banks were sharper than the ex-
aminers. The Comptroller says concerning
this: Then these supervisors would be men
more fitted to cope with rascality. You must
fight artillery with artillery. Men like Fish
and Harper are Paladins of finance, and it
requires men of long experience and great
ability to be their match, and these inspec-
tors could watch things closer and make
thorough and exhaustive examinations. It
is not often that there is rascality in the
management of the national banks. Probably
there have not been a dozen outrageous
cases, but every single instance affects the
entire system, and in measure Injuries it's
credit
Under any system of examination there
would, of course, be some swindles. It is
not possible to make all men honest. But
Comptroller Trenholm's plan seems to be a
swindling. The national bank system is SO
good that anything which will make it better
should be heartily welcomed.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
SUITABLE.

An advertisement reads, "Boys' vacation
suits" That is not strange, however. A
boys vacation always does suit.-Pittsburg
Chronicle. ~
Mrs. Cleveland was given degree by We'll
lesley college, and she deserved it. She aired
new costume every day during her stay
Philadelphia Call.
= A portion of the roof of western insane
asylum was blown off the other day. Evi-
IDENTIFY unsound in the upper story
York Commercial Advertiser. ezs@-
One of those surly old bachelors that need
killing says that the reason why woman is
called ftduck" is because the dressing is
better than the bird.-Milwaukee journal.
Newspaper readers in Indianapolis an6
Cleveland when they look at the base ball
news turn the paper upside down. This puts
their respective clubs at the head of the list
I--Norristown Herald.
Now that such great efforts are making tc
prove that Shakespeare did not write the
plays that bear his name. we must expect at
any moment that some one Will deny that
iffalo Bill is an actor.-Lowell Citizen.
Irs. Grundy says that s'it is hard work to
ge New Workers far away from home to pass
the GUNNER vacation days" Ahai the inter.
State commerce act, that slayer of the free
Are you there, old true penny?-Bostor
Transcript.
Powderly has discovered the difference be
tween working by the week at the bench anc
playing boss and he says the strain on him il
so great that he must retire from his posi-
ton. 1t has just occurred to him that en-,
ployers have anxieties.-Detroit Free Press
"What is thisa' said Blabbs at the board
ing house breakfast table yesterday, reading
from his morning paper. "Coffee stronger
That is jolly" Then he examined his cup
and put on disgusted look when he found
no grounds for the delusiye hope.-New Or.
leans Picayune.
Some of the new pronunciations of resorts
adopted by eye fashionable people" are Two
hay-do for Tuxedo, Nav -ag raw for Niagara,
Bore -Horbore for Bar Harbor, Saygurt fol
Sea Girt and Sore-to-ga for Saratoga. The
newest edition of Webster does not show any
alteration in the pronunciation of sTjackass.
Mail and Express.
Enterprising speculator-"How is that gas
well OF mine getting along~ Superintend.
ent-t'No gas there, but we struck q little
9'Oh, no; only a small stream SO far. ,
"Well, keep boring. If it don't make an
oil or gas well it will do for q medicinal
spring Omaha World.
81 am sorry to say there are no Seats mad
am," said passenger who was hanging Oh
to strap the other day in Broadway car
as a lady was trying to push her way past
him. ''I know it," said the lady sweetly
''but should like to get as far as the mid
die of the car, because my hustle is outside
in the rain. New York Tribune.
There was young man Of N. Y,
Who ate his ice cream with a fy.,
He went to Ia,
Invented a ma,
And made large fortune in by.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
9r1J 8nnds.
Howe & StGtsOl.
WIDE AWAKE
BARGAINS.
VOL. LV.

4 pieces Fancy China Silks
y inches wide, for soc yard,
marked down from $.E< These
are new styles, peTfect silks,
and are retailed in New York
to-day at 81.
7pieces Cheney Bros. Print
ed Pongee Silks, elegant styles,
at 6ec yard. Marked down
from 81.
S pieces Summer Silks at 2oc
a yard. Marked down from
37Hc. These silks make cool
summer dress, and cost no more
than a cotton fabric.
We are offering
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
miscellaneous.
Our Little Grandchild.
CIeansed, Purified and Beautlf1ed by
the Cuticura Remedies.

1t affords me pleasure to give YOU this report OF
the cure of little grandchild by your CUTICURA
REMEDIES. When six months old his left hand be-
gan to swell and had every appearance or a large
boil We poulticed it, but all to no purpose ABOUT
five months after it became a running sore; Soon
each hand and as his blood became more and more
impure it took less time for them to break out; A
sore came on the chin beneath the under lip, which
was very offensive. His head was one solid scao,
iischarging great deal. This was his condition at
twenty two months old when undertook the care
OF him his mother having died when he was little
more than year old of consumption (scrofua OF
up if he fell down and could not move when in bed
having no use of his hands. | Immediately com
menced with the Cuticura Remedies, using the
CI1ticura and Cuticura Soap freely and when ne had
taken one bottle of the Cutcura Resoyent his head
was completely cured and he was improved in every
way We were very much encouraged and con-
tinIed the use of the Remedies for a year and
half One sore after another healed a bonY matter
forming in each one of these five deep ones just be-
fore healing, which would finally grow loose ana
were taken out; then they would heal rapidly one
of these ugly bone formations 1 preserved After
taking dozen and half bottles he was complete
ly cured and is now, at the age of six years, a
strong and healthy child The scars on his hands
must always remain; his hands are strong, though
we once feared he would never be able to use them
All that physicians did for him did him no good All
who saw the child before using the Cutieura Reme,
dies and see the child now consider it a wonderful
cure If the above facts are of any to you, you
are at liberty to use them. MRS E. s. DRIGGS,
Nav 8, 1885. 612 E. Clay St., Bloomington, Ill.
The child was really in a worse condition than he
appeared to his grandmother, who, being with MN
' MAGGIE HOPPING.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
BICYCULAR.

The silent, gliding, two wheeled tandem)
gig has created new phase Of life, made
life more enjoyable to many, and made life
longer.
To enjoy this delightful sport and recrea-
ton to the utmost suitable and becoming
dress must be worn. The cut-eostume (cut
to the minimum) is the acknowledged ae-
compartment to bicycular enjoyment.
Our line of "BieycIe Suits embraceI all
the styles and eolors accepted as fitting and
necessary The Corduroys, brown and drab,
are much worn, almost exclusively in Eng
land where the bicycle is more of an institu-
ton than it is here. The Homespuns, the
Cheviots, the Serges, and the Navy Blues
and Flannels all, are fayorites with bicycle
riders.
All the suits are made to withstand wear
and hard service and at the same time to be
as neat and stylish as possible.
Prices, $3.50, $40, $11 and $12 in suits.
Extra Pants, So, $3.50 and "a.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Hurrah for this great, glorious and com-
paratively free country.
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llllIIIIIl5gIS:' = 3, :

The great strengthening remedy for weak us
ces Quickly cures pain in the back, 81 chest @ side
and limbs Try them At drugglsts. s. or ~ aa1 y
co.., Saratoga Springs N. Y. te12 cod
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04

Look out for fires to- day. An ounce of
prevention in this respect is more valuable
than several steam fire engines
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cred woman in the moon. This is all
right. The man in the moon has lived long
enough alone.
The Philadelphia Record sensibly advises
'citizens of African blood" not to waste
time and breath in protesting against being
refused the privilege of a board walk at a
summer resort, and reminds them that Gin
dividuals of their race are admitted to the
| practice of law and of medicine and are
| found successfully competing everywhere
| with those of Caucasian extraction, while
| their children are unhampered in the pursuit
of education in the public schools. While
progressing thus rapidly in the important
walks of life, !" the Record thinks, ''the col
ored people can very well afford to await the
time when the amenities of society shall be
| cheerfully extended to them everywhere"
Two new and uncommonly interesting ma
| chimes are soon to come before the public.
One of them is the graphaphone. machine
which serves as an amanuensis. The Other
is the "telantograph, a telegraphic appara'
tus which transmits the handwriting or any
other picture tracing upon paper any dis
| LauC6. 1ulS WILL 10 FoAAOu Ny OASA
ness men and bankers. The valuable fea-
ture of the invention is the plate on which
| is laid the paper written by the sender. A
pencil or any sharp object may be used to
write with, and the receiving machine traces
the message with pencil or anything cspa-
BILE of marking, reproducing the form of the
message precisely. Thus the sending opera
tor will merely write the message on paper,
| and when he has finished it will have been
| finished at the other end of the circuit
Once upon time, as some of our readers
may remember, the JOURNAL AND COURIER,
owing to some carelessness or carefulness in
it's composing room, published very queer
story relating how sick grindstone died and
| its widow collected the insurance, and man
| exploded, killing several persons and doing
great damage in other ways. An Iowa paper
has just printed the following: The concert
given last night by sixteen of Storm Lakes
most beautiful and fascinating..young ladies
was highly appreciated. They were elegant
ly dressed and sang in most charming man
ner, winning the plaudits of the entire audi
ence, who pronounced them the finest breed
of shorthorns in the country. A few of them
are of a rich brown color, but the majority
OF them are spotted, brown and white. Sew
eral of the heifers are fine-bodied, tight
limbed animals, and promise to prove goot
property.
Professor Conrad, of Halle, has undertak
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04

Jay Gould thinks it would be better if the
State legislators met only once in five years.
So it would for him and his gang.
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WONDERFUL BARGAINS
DRESS GOODS.

At 29, 3zA. So. andszse, i Ifyou
haven't any idea of buying
dress we would esteem it a fa-
vor to have you examine these
goods just to see what we mean
when we advertise a MARK
DOWN SALE,